2016 Tim Hortons Brier

The 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5–13, 2016 at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario.

2016 Tim Hortons Brier
2016 Tim Hortons Brier
Host cityOttawa, Ontario
ArenaTD Place Arena
DatesMarch 5 – March 13
Attendance115,047
Winner Alberta
Curling clubThe Glencoe Club, Calgary
SkipKevin Koe
ThirdMarc Kennedy
SecondBrent Laing
LeadBen Hebert
AlternateScott Pfeifer
CoachJohn Dunn
Finalist Newfoundland and Labrador (Brad Gushue)
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It is the fourth time the Brier has been held in Ottawa, and the fifth time the Brier has been held in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. It is the first time the Brier has been held in Ottawa since the 2001 Nokia Brier.

Alberta won the Brier 9–5 in the final against Newfoundland and Labrador, giving skip Kevin Koe his third Brier title.[1] With the win, the Koe rink represented Canada at the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship held from April 2–10, 2016 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. They also represented Team Canada at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and earned $225,000 for the victory.[2] The bronze medal game was won by Northern Ontario.

The total attendance for the event was 115,047, down from the 154,136 that went to the last Brier held in Ottawa. The attendance for the final was a sellout[2] of 8,419,[3] which was standing-room only in the 8,200 seat arena.[4]

Ice conditions

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Toward the end of the week, ice conditions became poor, as warmer, wet weather descended upon the capital, creating a layer of frost on the ice. The arena lacked a dehumidifier which made the problem worse, as there was no way of removing the moisture in the air. Manitoba skip Mike McEwen claimed the ice was the "second-worst ice conditions he's ever played on".[5] Conditions returned to normal for the final championship weekend.[6]

Teams

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The 2016 Brier field has been considered by some to be among the best ever.[7][8] The event features two Olympic champion skips, two World Champion skips, four Brier champion skips, and ten of the top 17 teams in the country (including six of the top ten in the world),[9] according to the CTRS standings.

Coming off of a bronze medal showing at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, the defending Brier champion Pat Simmons rink from Calgary returns to represent Team Canada. Also returning from the 2015 Brier is the 2010 World Champion Kevin Koe rink (also from Calgary), representing Alberta; 2014 Brier runner-up Jim Cotter representing British Columbia; 2006 Olympic Champion Brad Gushue and his Newfoundland and Labrador team; the 2014 Olympic champions Brad Jacobs representing Northern Ontario; 2009 Canadian Junior Champion Adam Casey and his Prince Edward Island team; 2006 Brier champion Jean-Michel Ménard skipping the Quebec team; 2003 World Junior Champion Steve Laycock and his Saskatchewan team; ten-time Territories champion Jamie Koe, representing the Northwest Territories; and four-time Territorial Champion Bob Smallwood representing the Yukon. The 2016 Brier also features four-time provincial champion Mike Kennedy skipping New Brunswick; Three-time provincial champion Jamie Murphy representing Nova Scotia; and Four-time World Champion Glenn Howard, who is making his Brier record 17th appearance at the national championships. Two teams are making their debut at the 2016 Brier. The World #2 ranked Mike McEwen rink who lost in five of the last six provincial championship finals, finally won the Manitoba championship, earning the right to represent Manitoba for the first time at the Brier. Also making their debut is Team Nunavut, skipped by Wade Kingdon. Nunavut was granted a direct entry to the Brier for the first time in 2015, but opted to field a team for the first time in 2016.

For the first time, Curling Canada is allowing each team to field a player from out of province. Players living outside the province or territory of their team includes Brent Laing of Alberta (lives in Ontario), Chris Schille of the Northwest Territories (lives in Alberta) and Ryan Fry of Northern Ontario (who lives in Ontario, but in Toronto). Also, Team Canada skip Pat Simmons lives in Saskatchewan, while the rest of his team lives in Alberta.

  Canada   Alberta   British Columbia
The Glencoe Club, Calgary

Skip: Pat Simmons
Third: John Morris
Second: Carter Rycroft
Lead: Nolan Thiessen
Alternate: Tom Sallows

The Glencoe Club, Calgary

Skip: Kevin Koe
Third: Marc Kennedy
Second: Brent Laing
Lead: Ben Hebert
Alternate: Scott Pfeifer

Vernon CC, Vernon
Kelowna CC, Kelowna

Skip: Jim Cotter
Third: Ryan Kuhn
Second: Tyrel Griffith
Lead: Rick Sawatsky
Alternate: Pat Ryan

  Manitoba   New Brunswick   Newfoundland and Labrador
Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Mike McEwen
Third: B.J. Neufeld
Second: Matt Wozniak
Lead: Denni Neufeld
Alternate: Jon Mead

Grand Falls CC, Grand Falls

Skip: Mike Kennedy
Third: Scott Jones
Second: Marc LeCocq
Lead: Jamie Brannen
Alternate: David Konefal

Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's

Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Geoff Walker

  Northern Ontario   Nova Scotia   Ontario
Community First CC, Sault Ste. Marie

Skip: Brad Jacobs
Third: Ryan Fry
Second: E.J. Harnden
Lead: Ryan Harnden
Alternate: Lee Toner

Mayflower CC, Halifax

Skip: Jamie Murphy
Third: Jordan Pinder
Second: Scott Saccary
Lead: Phil Crowell
Alternate: Alan Darragh

St. George's G&CC, Etobicoke

Skip: Glenn Howard
Third: Richard Hart
Second: Adam Spencer
Lead: Scott Howard
Alternate: Joey Hart, Craig Savill[a]

  Prince Edward Island   Quebec   Saskatchewan
Silver Fox C&YC, Summerside
Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Adam Casey
Third: David Mathers
Second: Anson Carmody
Lead: Robbie Doherty
Alternate: Ryan Giddens

CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald
Mt. Bruno CC, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

Skip: Jean-Michel Ménard
Third: Martin Crête
Second: Éric Sylvain
Lead: Philippe Ménard
Alternate: Pierre Charette

Nutana CC, Saskatoon

Skip: Steve Laycock
Third: Kirk Muyres
Second: Colton Flasch
Lead: Dallan Muyres
Alternate: Gerry Adam

  Northwest Territories   Nunavut   Yukon
Yellowknife CC, Yellowknife

Skip: Jamie Koe
Third: Chris Schille
Second: Brad Chorostkowski
Lead: Robert Borden

Iqaluit CC, Iqaluit

Skip: Wade Kingdon
Third: Dennis Masson
Second: Aaron Fraser
Lead: Bruce Morgan
Alternate: Chris West

Whitehorse CC, Whitehorse

Skip: Bob Smallwood
Third: Jon Solbert
Second: Clint Abel
Lead: Scott Odian
Alternate: David Rach

CTRS ranking

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Member Association (Skip) Rank Points
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 1 468.463
  Alberta (K. Koe) 2 452.488
  Manitoba (McEwen) 3 402.570
  Saskatchewan (Laycock) 6 303.603
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 7 275.950
  Ontario (Howard) 8 238.723
  British Columbia (Cotter) 11 217.124
  Canada (Simmons) 12 154.806
  Quebec (Ménard) 15 126.860
  Nova Scotia (Murphy) 17 109.393
  Prince Edward Island (Casey) 27 87.452
  New Brunswick (Kennedy) 82 27.807
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 135 7.207
  Nunavut (Kingdon) NR 0.000
  Yukon (Smallwood) NR 0.000

Map of teams

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Pre-qualifying tournament

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The Northwest Territories rink won the pre-qualifying event, qualifying the team to play at the full Brier event round robin against the other 11 teams. Nova Scotia missed out in playing in the main event for the second straight year.

Standings

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Locale Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
  Northwest Territories Jamie Koe 3 0 26 12 15 10 3 5 86%
  Nova Scotia Jamie Murphy 2 1 32 11 15 9 3 4 84%
  Yukon Bob Smallwood 1 2 22 22 12 13 0 2 76%
  Nunavut Wade Kingdon 0 3 8 42 7 17 0 0 54%

Results

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All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5).[10]

Draw 1

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Thursday, March 3, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nova Scotia (Murphy)   2 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 X X 11
  Yukon (Smallwood) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe)   4 0 4 1 1 1 2 0 X X 13
  Nunavut (Kingdon) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2

Draw 2

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Friday, March 4, 7:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 6
  Nova Scotia (Murphy)   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nunavut (Kingdon) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X X 4
  Yukon (Smallwood)   3 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 X X 14

Draw 3

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Draw 3 of the pre-qualifying matches

Friday, March 4, 4:20 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Yukon (Smallwood)   1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 5
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Nunavut (Kingdon) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2
  Nova Scotia (Murphy)   4 1 4 2 0 2 0 3 X X 16

Pre-qualifying Final

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Saturday, March 5, 2:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe)   0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 7
  Nova Scotia (Murphy) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4

Round-robin standings

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Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Team relegated to 2017 Pre-qualifying Tournament
Locale Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%
  Northern Ontario Brad Jacobs 11 0 77 40 47 28 26 13 92%
  Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 9 2 66 50 42 38 27 9 91%
  Alberta Kevin Koe 8 3 78 50 43 35 21 5 92%
  Manitoba Mike McEwen 8 3 66 52 41 36 26 8 91%
  Canada Pat Simmons 6 5 61 62 37 35 30 9 88%
  Saskatchewan Steve Laycock 5 6 65 58 42 45 21 9 87%
  Quebec Jean-Michel Ménard 4 7 59 70 40 44 20 5 88%
  Ontario Glenn Howard 4 7 60 71 41 43 22 7 90%
  Northwest Territories Jamie Koe 3 8 65 76 43 50 24 5 83%
  New Brunswick Mike Kennedy 3 8 59 80 44 46 14 5 84%
  British Columbia Jim Cotter 3 8 60 73 39 48 15 2 86%
  Prince Edward Island Adam Casey 2 9 49 79 36 46 16 1 82%

Round-robin results

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All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5).[10]

Draw 1

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Saturday, March 5, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5
  Manitoba (McEwen)   1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Simmons)   0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 X 7
  Quebec (Ménard) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Ontario (Howard) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 5
  Alberta (K. Koe)   1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4

Draw 2

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Draw 2 action; Northern Ontario versus Saskatchewan in the foreground

Saturday, March 5, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6
  Saskatchewan (Laycock) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Casey)   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
  British Columbia (Cotter) 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe)   0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 6
  New Brunswick (Kennedy) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 7

Draw 3

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Sunday, March 6, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (K. Koe)   2 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 X X 10
  New Brunswick (Kennedy) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4
  Canada (Simmons)   0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2
  Manitoba (McEwen)   0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 X X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Quebec (Ménard) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5

Draw 4

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Sunday, March 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe)  0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
  Canada (Simmons) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)  0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
  Ontario (Howard) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (K. Koe)  0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 X X 10
  Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 X X 8
  British Columbia (Cotter)  0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 4

Draw 5

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Sunday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Casey)  0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
  Quebec (Ménard) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (McEwen)  0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 6
  New Brunswick (Kennedy) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)  1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 5
  British Columbia (Cotter) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 6
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe)  1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 6

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Monday, March 7, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Howard) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
  British Columbia (Cotter)   0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7
  Alberta (K. Koe)   2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Laycock)   2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 5
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Simmons) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
  Prince Edward Island (Casey)   0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6

Draw 7

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Draw 7 action.

Monday, March 7, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Simmons)   3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 6
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 1 X X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Ménard) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 3
  Saskatchewan (Laycock)   0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Kennedy) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6
  Ontario (Howard)   2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (K. Koe)   2 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 X X 9
  Manitoba (McEwen) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4

Draw 8

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Tuesday, March 8, 9:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Manitoba (McEwen)   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Kennedy)   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Cotter)   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
  Quebec (Ménard) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 6

Draw 9

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Tuesday, March 8, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Laycock) 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 8
  Prince Edward Island (Casey)   0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Cotter)   2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
  Canada (Simmons) 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 4
  Alberta (K. Koe)   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 X 8
  Ontario (Howard)   1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 5

Draw 10

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Tuesday, March 8, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Ménard)   2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 9
  Ontario (Howard) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (K. Koe)   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 3
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 1 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (McEwen) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 X 6
  Canada (Simmons)   0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Kennedy) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 7
  Saskatchewan (Laycock)   0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6

Draw 11

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Wednesday, March 9, 9:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Cotter) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
  Alberta (K. Koe)   0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 X X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Howard) 1 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 X X 9
  Prince Edward Island (Casey)   0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
  Saskatchewan (Laycock)   0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)   0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 7
  Canada (Simmons) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 12

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Wednesday, March 9, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Kennedy)   0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
  Canada (Simmons) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Laycock) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5
  Manitoba (McEwen)   2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (K. Koe)   2 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 X X 9
  Quebec (Ménard) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Howard)   1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 6

Draw 13

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Draw 13 action.

Wednesday, March 9, 7:30 pm
With Northern Ontario's win over the Northwest Territories, they become the first team to clinch a playoff spot.[11]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   2 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 7
  Quebec (Ménard)   1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Kennedy)   1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 7
  Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (McEwen) 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 X 8
  British Columbia (Cotter)   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3

Draw 14

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Thursday, March 10, 9:30 am
With their wins, both Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador clinch playoff berths.

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ontario (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 4
  Saskatchewan (Laycock)   0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Simmons) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
  Alberta (K. Koe)   2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Cotter) 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 7
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)   2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Casey)   2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 7
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 15

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Thursday, March 10, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Prince Edward Island (Casey)   2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 7
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Cotter)   1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 8
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe) 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 X 8
  Manitoba (McEwen) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Brunswick (Kennedy)   0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 7
  Quebec (Ménard) 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 X 9

Draw 16

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Thursday, March 10, 7:30 pm
With Manitoba's win, they clinch the remaining playoff spot.

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (McEwen)   0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 8
  Quebec (Ménard) 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   2 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 X X 10
  New Brunswick (Kennedy) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 X X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Simmons) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 9
  Ontario (Howard)   0 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Saskatchewan (Laycock)   0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 5
  Alberta (K. Koe) 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 7

Draw 17

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Friday, March 11, 9:30 am
With Prince Edward Island losing and Northwest Territories winning, PEI will be relegated into the pre-qualifying tournament at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, as they have finished last.

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  British Columbia (Cotter) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 7
  New Brunswick (Kennedy)   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (McEwen)   1 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 X X 8
  Prince Edward Island (Casey) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Quebec (Ménard) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
  Northwest Territories (J. Koe)   0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

Playoffs

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Bronze Medal Game
   
4   Manitoba 6
1   Northern Ontario 7

1 vs. 2

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Friday, March 11, 7:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue) 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 7
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
Player percentages
  Newfoundland and Labrador   Northern Ontario
Geoff Walker 97% Ryan Harnden 95%
Brett Gallant 89% E.J. Harnden 78%
Mark Nichols 93% Ryan Fry 94%
Brad Gushue 89% Brad Jacobs 80%
Total 92% Total 87%

3 vs. 4

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Saturday, March 12, 2:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Manitoba (McEwen) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 5
  Alberta (K. Koe)   0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 7
Player percentages
  Manitoba   Alberta
Denni Neufeld 99% Ben Hebert 88%
Matt Wozniak 99% Brent Laing 99%
B.J. Neufeld 81% Marc Kennedy 93%
Mike McEwen 86% Kevin Koe 91%
Total 91% Total 93%

Semifinal

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Saturday, March 12, 7:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Alberta (K. Koe) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 6
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)  1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Player percentages
  Alberta   Northern Ontario
Ben Hebert 91% Ryan Harnden 86%
Brent Laing 90% E.J. Harnden 90%
Marc Kennedy 89% Ryan Fry 78%
Kevin Koe 83% Brad Jacobs 80%
Total 88% Total 83%

Bronze medal game

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Sunday, March 13, 2:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Manitoba (McEwen) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6
  Northern Ontario (Jacobs)   0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7
Player percentages
  Manitoba   Northern Ontario
Denni Neufeld 99% Ryan Harnden 97%
Matt Wozniak 86% E.J. Harnden 98%
B.J. Neufeld 88% Ryan Fry 90%
Mike McEwen 84% Brad Jacobs 91%
Total 89% Total 94%

Final

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Sunday, March 13, 7:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Newfoundland and Labrador (Gushue)   0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 5
  Alberta (K. Koe) 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 X 9
Player percentages
  Newfoundland and Labrador   Alberta
Geoff Walker 100% Ben Hebert 85%
Brett Gallant 94% Brent Laing 100%
Mark Nichols 90% Marc Kennedy 94%
Brad Gushue 81% Kevin Koe 96%
Total 91% Total 94%

Statistics

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Player percentages

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After Round Robin

Leads %
  Ben Hebert 94.4
  Denni Neufeld 94.0
  Philippe Ménard 93.2
  Ryan Harnden 92.0
  Rick Sawatsky 91.4
  Geoff Walker 91.3
  Scott Howard 91.3
  Nolan Thiessen 89.7
  Dallan Muyres 89.4
  Jamie Brannen 85.7
  Robbie Doherty 85.7
  Robert Borden 85.2
Seconds %
  Brent Laing 92.7
  E.J. Harnden 92.3
  Adam Spencer 91.2
  Brett Gallant 90.3
  Tyrel Griffith 90.0
  Colton Flasch 88.8
  Matt Wozniak 88.1
  Éric Sylvain 88.0
  Carter Rycroft 85.9
  Marc LeCocq 85.1
  Anson Carmody 84.4
  Brad Chorostkowski 82.8
Thirds %
  Ryan Fry 92.7
  Mark Nichols 91.9
  Marc Kennedy 91.7
  B.J. Neufeld 91.4
  Richard Hart 89.8
  John Morris 89.6
  Kirk Muyres 88.6
  Martin Crête 86.6
  Chris Schille 84.6
  Ryan Kuhn 84.5
  Scott Jones 82.3
  David Mathers 80.5
Skips %
  Brad Jacobs 92.8
  Brad Gushue 91.5
  Kevin Koe 88.6
  Mike McEwen 88.7
  Pat Simmons 88.3
  Glenn Howard 86.0
  Jean-Michel Ménard 83.3
  Jamie Koe 82.9
  Mike Kennedy 82.7
  Steve Laycock 82.5
  Jim Cotter 79.6
  Adam Casey 79.5

Perfect games

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Player Team Position Shots Opponent
Marc Kennedy   Alberta Third 16   Prince Edward Island
Marc LeCocq   New Brunswick Second 20   Manitoba
Philippe Ménard   Quebec Lead 18   Saskatchewan
Scott Howard   Ontario Lead 18   Northwest Territories
Glenn Howard   Ontario Skip 16   Prince Edward Island
Nolan Thiessen   Canada Lead 20   New Brunswick
E.J. Harnden   Northern Ontario Second 16   Northwest Territories
Denni Neufeld   Manitoba Lead 17   British Columbia
Kevin Koe   Alberta Skip 18   Canada
Brett Gallant   Newfoundland and Labrador Second 18   Prince Edward Island

Awards

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The awards and all-star teams are listed as follows:[12]

All-Star Teams[12]

First Team

Second Team

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award[12]
Paul McLean Award[12]
Hec Gervais Most Valuable Player Award[1]

Provincial and territorial playdowns

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Notes

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  1. ^ As a special tribute, Savill was made an honorary coach of all the teams playing in Draw 16, and was allowed to throw two rocks in Team Ontario's final game.[5] Savill had been forced to take time off from curling due to being diagnosed with cancer, but was allowed to play in the game.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hot-shooting Koe leads Alberta to Tim Hortons Brier championship". Canadian Curling Association. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b Strong, Gregory (March 13, 2016). "Brier: Kevin Koe defeats Brad Gushue to win 3rd title". CBC. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  3. ^ "2016 Tim Hortons Brier – Attendance Report". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Wiecek, Paul (March 10, 2016). "Brier attendance decent in Ottawa". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Wiecek, Paul (March 11, 2016). "Bush-league decisions make Brier laughable". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  6. ^ Rice, Waubgeshig (March 11, 2016). "Wet weather causing problems for curlers at Brier this week". CBC. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  7. ^ Koreen, Mike (February 15, 2016). "'Epic' field could be best ever at Brier curling championship". Toronto Sun. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  8. ^ Hall, Vicki (March 2, 2016). "Brier magnifies gap between curling's elite and club teams". Winnipeg Sun. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  9. ^ "Order of Merit – Men". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  10. ^ a b "2016 Tim Hortons Brier – Draw Schedule". Canadian Curling Association. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  11. ^ "McEwen, Gushue Score Big Wins, Jacobs Clinches Playoff Spot". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d "Award winners, all-stars announced at Tim Hortons Brier". Canadian Curling Association. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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